SRI THYAGARAJA - Prayer

norita · Post by **norita** » 26 Jan 2008, 00:20

I wondered if there were any shlokas or prayers in praise of Sri Thyagaraja?

meena · Post by **meena** » 26 Jan 2008, 02:13

Sree Walajapet Venkataramana Bhagavar - Sree T's disciple, has composed stotras in praise of his guru.

vyAsO naigama charchaya mrudugira valmIka janmAmunihi
vairAgyE s'ukayEvacha bhakti vishayE prahlAda yEva swayam
brahmA nArada apratimayOh sangIta sAhityayOh
yO rAmamrutapAna nirjita s'ivastam tyAgarAjam bhajE

and

shrI gurumangaLAShTakam :

srImad kAkarlavamshAbdhi chandrAya manatEjasE
pUrNAya punyashIlAya tyAgarAjAya mangaLam

rAmabrahma suputrAya rAmanAma sutAtmanE
rAmachandra swarUpAya tyAgarAjAya mangaLam

nAradAchArya karuNApAtrAya guNakIrtayA (?)
dhIrAya nirvikArAya tyAgarAjAya mangaLam

sri kAruNyasamudrAya lOkAnugrahakAriNE
sAkEtAdhipabhaktAya tyAgarAjAya mangaLam

yOgipungava mitrAya yOgAnanda swarUpiNE
rAga lObhA vimuktAya tyAgarAjAya mangaLam

gAna shAstra pravINAya kalikalmasha nAshinE
sharaNAgata pOshAya tyAgarAjAya mangaLam

kAvEri tIra vAsAya karuNyAmrta varshiNE
avanIsura rAjAya tyAgarAjAya mangaLam

dInamAnava pOshAya divyanAma sambodhinE
~gnana bhakti virachanAya tyAgarAjAya mangaLam

There is also few online articles.. not sure if it was sangetham that carried the article on kritis attributed to T?

norita · Post by **norita** » 26 Jan 2008, 03:59

Wonderful !!! thanks so much, meenaji. I conducted a search and couldn't find anything.
Is the AUDIO available? Also, is this available in DEVANAGIRI script?
[email protected]

meena · Post by **meena** » 26 Jan 2008, 05:22

Ur welcome norita
Sorry i do not have it in devanagiri.

here u go:
http://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=1704

meena · Post by **meena** » 26 Jan 2008, 05:33

Prof SRJ has rendered vyAsO naigama @ Detroit thematic lec-Dem dealing with similarities of themes in compositions of T and Annamacharya.
Check ur email.

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 26 Jan 2008, 09:38

There is also a "Thygaraja Suprabhatam" sung by Dr Balamurali.
rasikas can provide the links if available in sangeethapriya.org.

vainika · Post by **vainika** » 26 Jan 2008, 11:35

There's also a varNam bhUlOka nArada in praise of Tyagaraja, composed by Prof. SRJanakiraman.

grsastrigal · Post by **grsastrigal** » 26 Jan 2008, 12:46

Thygaraja gurum aashreye-in Kedaram (I think it is composed by MDR). It was rendered by Sanjay..

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 26 Jan 2008, 16:34

"sri maDadi thyAgaraja guruvaram namAmyaham" in kalyani is a composition by Mysore Vasudevacharya

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 26 Jan 2008, 17:12

pAnam Seyya vArIr rAma nAma sudA rasattai by Ambujam Krishna in simhEndra madhyamam tuned by V.V.Sadagopan.
V.V.S's own composition in madhyAmavati: Anandam tandAn, pErAnandam tandAn.

vageyakara · Post by **vageyakara** » 26 Jan 2008, 18:40

Hallo Every CM Devotee

I n praise of Saguru I have created in the Raga Gurupriya, janya of(64) VAACHASPATHY,

and the pallavi goes like this
"SATGUTUPRIYA THYAGA BRAHMMAME""
pLEASE SPARE SOME TIME TO VIEW AND LISTEN THE SAME RENDERED BY ME.
THE lINK:www.karnatik.com/c3500.shtml.
and get back with your views.

Sreeni Rajarao · Post by **Sreeni Rajarao** » 27 Jan 2008, 00:20

"namipenayya TyagarajA amaragAna durandhara" in kadanakuthoohala, a composition of Veena Raja Rao.
Vidushi Nagavalli Nagaraj rendered this in a Detroit concert (October 2006). Also, Vidushi Veena Kinhal has rendered this (on veena) in her tribute CD to her Father and Guru Veena Rajarao.

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 27 Jan 2008, 02:16

There is also a kriti in praise of Saint Thyagaraja, by Shri Painganadu K.Rajagopalaiyyer, a renowned music teacher and musicologist, in Raga Karpoorabharani.It goes like this:
'Thyagarajam Bhajare Chitha Bhagavathagresaram'(Pallavi)
Raagathaala Bhaava Kalanaa tharangam
Raajikamalinivihari meenam(Anupallavi)
Raamanaama gaanaananda kokilam
Premapoorna hridayanthe vaasi brindam
Srimadaanjaneya avataaram
Shyamakrishna guruguha raaja suhrudayam(charanam)

thanjavooran · Post by **thanjavooran** » 27 Jan 2008, 04:49

There is a kriti by Papanasam Sivan in the raga Begada in praise of Sadguru. He sang it during a performance in MA for the first time. [ may be in the year he got SK]

bhaktha · Post by **bhaktha** » 27 Jan 2008, 08:02

"thyAgarAjaswamy guru" in kharaharapriya, a composition of Tiruvattriyur Thyagaiyyer, is yet another song in praise of Sri Thyagabrahmam.
-bhaktha

kmrasika · Post by **kmrasika** » 28 Jan 2008, 12:23

A few more that come to mind:

tyAgarAja sadguru (tAna varNam) - latAngi - Adi - M candraShEkharan
mAnavakula bhUshaNa tyAgarAja - hindOLam - miShra tripuTa - GNB
tyAgarAja svAmi veDalina - tODi - Adi - maisUr sadAShiva rAu
rAmacandra pAdAbjE - tyagarAja pancaratna stutimALikA - rUpakam - maisUr vAsudEvAccArya
gAnasudhArasapAnaninatam - nATa - Adi - Dr. BM bAlamuraLikr.shNa
sAmagAna sArva bhauma - amr.tavarshiNi - rUpakam - Dr. BM bAlamuraLikr.shNa
sadguru svAmiki - rItigaUlai - ?? - pUcci ShrInivAsa aiyyengAr
ShrItyAgarAja svAmi mahAmanu - vAcaspati - rUpakam - Dr. P sAmbamUrti
ShrIsaccidAnanda kandam - vAcaspati - mIShu kr.shNa aiyyer
tyAgarAja sadguruvani - hindOLam - rUpakam - muttaya bhAgavatar
kaNDEN kaNDEN tiruaiyyARRinilE - aThANA - Adi - suguNA purushOttaman

vs_manjunath wrote:There is also a "Thygaraja Suprabhatam" sung by Dr Balamurali.

I believe the tyAgarAja here is in reference to the presiding deity of the temple at tiruvArUr. dIkshitar has composed a vibhakti series on the same.

norita wrote:Also, is this available in DEVANAGIRI script?

It is available at our Wiki site: http://www.rasikas.org/wiki/shrimad-kak ... alashtakam
Also, the nAmAvaLi of bangalore nAgaratnamma summarizing the life and times of the saint is also available: http://www.rasikas.org/wiki/tyagaraja-a ... tanamavali

meena · Post by **meena** » 28 Jan 2008, 12:37

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vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 28 Jan 2008, 13:29

Meena- Thanks for this link.

meena · Post by **meena** » 31 Jan 2008, 11:13

Reading abt Tiger. His ata tala varna -chala ninne nammina in kedara is dedicated to T.
In the cittiaswara he has woven the swaras in the pattern of shrotovahayati !

n
p n
m p n
g m p n
s g m p n

Has anyone rendered this? Lji do u have the txt?

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 31 Jan 2008, 11:39

meena, can you explain shrotovahayati,?,should the next sequence be sgmpns? too elementary a question to be put to a musicologist! gobilalitha

kmrasika · Post by **kmrasika** » 31 Jan 2008, 12:03

Reading abt Tiger. His ata tala varna -chala ninne nammina in kedara is dedicated to T.

rAga: kEdAraM
tALa: khaNDa aTa
Composer: Tiger vardAccAryA

p. cAla ninnE nammina vADanurA samayamidE nannu brOvavayya
a. jAlamu sEya tagadu sadguru ShrI tyAgarAja bAluDani dalaci nannElukOrA vAdA
c. bhUlOka nAradauDanukAvA

meena · Post by **meena** » 31 Jan 2008, 12:55

THANKS kmr

can you explain shrotovahayati,?

gobilalitha

web source:

The syllables are arranged in such a manner that it resembles the flow of river (river origin and its broad course). So it is short at the begining and gradually becomes broad (Opposite to Gopucha yathi) at the end. This is called Srothovaka Yathi.

read the write on Anandabhairavi:
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gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 01 Feb 2008, 06:36

thanks .gobilalitha

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 02 Feb 2008, 00:00

gopuchcha yati-means'like the tail of the cow-broad in the beginning and tapering at the endp
eg.
Thyagaraja yoga vaibhavam
Agaraja yoga vaibhavam
raja yoga vaibhavam
yoga vaibhavam
vaibhavam
bhavam
vam

Ashwin · Post by **Ashwin** » 04 Feb 2008, 03:23

The kriti of mISu kRSNaiyyar, "nAdabrahmA," in rAgam nAdabrahmam is in praise of tyAgarAjA.

Ashwin

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 04 Feb 2008, 03:45

Ashwin: Do you have the text for this song? Thanks.

Ashwin · Post by **Ashwin** » 04 Feb 2008, 04:27

Hi Lakshman Uncle,

I have learnt it as follows:

ArO: SPM2PD2N2
ava: SN2D2PM2G3

P:
nAdabrahmA anurAgamE
naravarulaku sAyujyamu

AP:
vEdAntasAra vidyAdhara san-
gItAcAryA SRI tyAgarAjA

C:
bhavatAraka brahmamu rAma-
bhakti yOga sudhApAnAbhirAmA

SRI vAlmiki avatAruDau mI-
Su kRSNAnandAmbudhi sOma

There is a beautiful cittasvaram also - SRJ Mama presented this kriti recently in a thematic concert on rare ragas and rare kritis, accompanied by TK Murthy Mama and Sriram Parasuram.

Ashwin

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 04 Feb 2008, 04:47

Ashwin: That scale sounds interesting. If I just try to hum it or play some sequences based on the scale, it gives a sense of a combination of Hamsanadham and Saraswathi. Does the ragam 'nAdabrahmam' come close to such an idea? Also 'ga-sa-pa' combined with Ma2 on either end has some good melodic possibilites. I have not listened to any renditions in this raga.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 04 Feb 2008, 04:48

Thanks Ashwin.

meena · Post by **meena** » 04 Feb 2008, 07:01

Ashwin

U know what i'll ask

Can u pl. u/l ur track ?

Ashwin · Post by **Ashwin** » 04 Feb 2008, 07:13

vasanthakokilam wrote:Ashwin: That scale sounds interesting. If I just try to hum it or play some sequences based on the scale, it gives a sense of a combination of Hamsanadham and Saraswathi. Does the ragam 'nAdabrahmam' come close to such an idea? Also 'ga-sa-pa' combined with Ma2 on either end has some good melodic possibilites. I have not listened to any renditions in this raga.

My $0.02 - hamsanAdam and sarasvati have a dominant catuSruti RiShabha (absent in nAdabrahmam) and do not admit D2N2S in the ArOhaNam (prominent in nAdabrahmam). Perhaps closer similarities could be found with amritavarShiNi (SG3M2PN3 -- pUrvANgam, avarOhana krama) and vAcaspati (SR2G3M2PD2N2 -- uttarANgam). I think you're very correct about ga-sa-pa -- in fact, the phrase ga-sa-ni-sa-pa occurs frequently in the cittasvaram. Here is a clip (meena, it looks like I read your mind

)...

SR Janakiraman - Sriram Parasuram - TK Murthy & B Sivaraman
Dec. 24, 2007 -- Swamy's Hall -- Carnatica.com and Universal Fine Arts
"A Blend of Rare Ragas and Rare Kritis"

"nAdabrahmA" - nAdabrahmam - mISu kRSNayyar - Adi

http://rapidshare.com/files/88984397/SR ... 7.mp3.html

Ashwin

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 04 Feb 2008, 08:25

Thanks very much Ashwin.

meena · Post by **meena** » 04 Feb 2008, 08:56

Ashwin
Wow that was super fast, went to catch the last mts of the super bowl .Bonus treat we get to hear u/rohin

THANKU !

kmrasika · Post by **kmrasika** » 04 Feb 2008, 12:39

Nice. I first thought you referred to it as nAdabrahma (omitting some notes from from sarasvati), guess this a completely different rAga.